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It’s easy to get blurry pictures, even when shooting on a tripod, because of “camera shake”. Camera shake comes from a variety of sources including everything from wind, ocean waves crashing around you, nearby foot steps, to your own hands while pushing the shutter button on your camera.

A video demonstrating the problem and the solution

In the following video I demonstrate what camera shake looks like, how to detect it and how to adjust your in-the-field techniques to prevent it:

Follow these 4 steps to reduce camera shake

These are the tips outlined in the video above:

Use a tripod with a shutter release cable

Use the live-view setting on your camera

Jump to the maximum zoom setting of your live-view screen

Watch the image carefully until the shaking stops and then press the release cable shutter button